Ironing table



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APPLICATION FILED MAY 2'3, I921.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

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IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1921.

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EDWARD P... HOUSTON, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IRONING TABLE.

Application filed May 23,

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Enwnnn E. Honsron, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at the city of Belleville, county of St. Clair, Stateof Illinois, United States of America, have invented a certain new anduseful Ironing Table, of which the following is such a full, clear, andexact description as will enable anyone skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an ironing table and particularly toimprovements on the type of table shown and described n applicationSerial No. 406,749 filed by me, August 30, 1920.

The object of my invention is to simplify and improve the constructionof tables of the class referred to and particularly to provide means forsupporting the ironing board in horizontal position when out ofengagement with the supporting slide at one end to allow tubulargarments to be placed in position on or removed. from the board.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate one form of ironing boardmade in accordance with my. invention, Figure 1 is a front elevation, aportion of the door being shown broken and in lowered position. Figure 2is a fragmentary top plan view showing the iron shelf; Figure 3 is afront view of the parts shown in Figure 2; Figure 4 is an enlargedsection taken on the line 44 of Figure 1; Figure 5 is an enlargedsectional view showing the door fastener; Figure 6 is a top plan view,the table top being removed; Figure 7 is an enlarged section taken onthe line 77 of Figure 6; and F igure 8 is a section taken on the line8-8 of F igure 6, the ironing board being shown in projected position.

10 indicates the corner posts of the table which posts are connected bymeans of end plates 11, a rear plate 12, and a front plate composed oftwo rails 13 and 14, respectively. The rails 13 and 14 are spaced apartto allow of the projection of the ironing board, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and are placed adjacent to the inner faces of the cornerposts 10 so that the door may occupy the position, and have theappearance of, an ordinary front plate. 15 is a table top which issecured to the corner posts and end and side plates. The legs 16 may beformed in- Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 471,603.

tegral with the corner posts 10 but I prefer to make them removable sothat the table may be knocked down for shipment. 17 are rails extendingfrom the front to the rear plates and providing ways for a drawer 18passing through a suitable opening in the rear plate 12.

20 is the ironing board which is permanently secured at one end to abracket 21 carried by a slide 22. The slide 22 projects both above andbelow the ironing board 20 and its edges slide in suitable ways formedin the opposite horizontal faces of guide rails 23, which rails extendfrom the front to the rear plates. The opposite end of the ironing board20 is nmunally supported by means of a T-shaped slide 24, the flanges ofwhich slide in suitable ways formed in the opposite vertical faces ofguide rails 25. Carried by the slide 24 are a pair of blocks 26 betweenwhich a block 27 carried by a board 20 is normally situated so that whenthe board is moved into or out of position it wiil carry with it therail 24. When, however, it is desired to disengage the rail 24 from theboard so that tubular garments may be passed around the board, the boardis sprung upwardly to disengage the block 2? from the blocks 26. I havefound in practice that it is impossible to fit the slide 22 in the guideways 23 sufliciently close to prevent the board 20 from sagging whendisenga ed from the slide if the guid alone is depended upon to supportthe board. In order. therefore, to support the board in horizontalposition when out of engagement with the slide 24, I provide anauxiliary board 28 firmly attached to the slide 22 and projecting acrossthe table beneath the top but above the drawer .18 and resting upon theslide 24. This board, therefore, remains in engagement with the slide 24at all times and so supports the ironing board and prevents it fromsagging when out of engagement with the said slide 24. To prevent theironing board from being moved entirely out of engagement with thetable, I provide stops such for instance as the blocks 29 shown'inFigure 6 adapted to come 1n con tact with the inner faces of the cornerposts 10. 30 is a door hinged to the lower front rail 14, which door,when in its closed position, covers the opening between the rails and 14and has the appearance of an ordinary front plate. This door is providedwith a suitable handle 31 and a catch, prefera bly of the button type,as shown at 32, in Figure 6 and in detail in Figure 5. In Figures 2 and3 l have shown a shelf for holding irons and similar objects. This shelf33 is provided with hooks 3% adapted to engage with the upwardlyprojecting edge of the slide 22 so that the shelf 33 will proj ect fromthe end of the board 20.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a device of the class described, the

- combination with a table, of an ironing board adapted to be concealedbeneath the top of a table or projected laterally therefrom intooperative position, a supporting slide for one end of said board fixedlyattached thereto, a second slide movable into and out of supportingengagement with the other end of the board, and an auxiliary boardrigidly connected with said first named slide for maintaining theironing board in horizontal position when said second side is moved outof engagement with the latter. A

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a table, ofan ironing board adapted to be concealed beneath the top of the table orprojected laterally therefrom into operative position, a supportingslide for one end of said board and permanently attached thereto, asecond slide movable into and out of supporting engagement with the myhand and affixed my seal.

combination with a table of an ironing board adapted to be concealedbeneath the top of the table or projected laterally therefrom intooperative position, a supporting slide for one end of said board andfixedly attached thereto, a second slide movable into and out ofsupporting engagement with the other end of the board, and an auxiliaryboard fixedly carried by said first named slide and engaging with saidsecond named slide.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination'with a table, ofan ironing board adapted to be concealed beneath the top of the table orprojected laterally therefrom into operative position, a supportingslide "for one end of said board and fixedly attached thereto, a secondslide movable into and out of supporting engagement with the other endof the board, and releasable means carriedby the ironing board andengaging with said second named slide for normally causing said parts tomove in unison.

In a device of the class described, the combination with a table, of anironing board adapted to be concealed beneath the top of the table orprojected laterally therefrom into operative position, arsupportingslide for one end of said board, and fixedly attached thereto, a secondslide movable into and out of supporting engagement with the other endof the board, a detent carried by said board, and a detent carried bysaid second named slide, said detents being brought into and out ofoperating engage ment by the relative vertical movement of the board andslide.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set EDWARD a, HOUSTON. [a 5.

